Tip your hat to the Hub City Spartanburgers.
In the franchise's inaugural season, the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers has seen its home cap emerge from a field of 120 gorgeous Minor League lids to win the first-ever New Era Clash of the Caps.
Over three rounds of fan voting, the Spartanburgers' hat advanced as the favorite among the South Atlantic League, then among all of High-A winners, then over a field of finalists representing all four full-season levels of Minor League Baseball.
By voting for their favorite Minor League caps, fans also had the chance to win great prizes, including a grand prize of $1,000 to spend at NewEraCap.com.
The final round was brimming with stiff competition, as the caps of Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Triple-A HOU), Rocket City Trash Pandas (Double-A LAA), the Spartanburgers and the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Single-A CWS) each had a shot at the crown.
The first-round winners hailed from each full-season league, with the International League split by division into two separate voting campaigns. Here's a full list of teams that advanced to Round 2:
- International League (East): Durham Bulls | Shop
- International League (West): Gwinnett Stripers | Shop
- Pacific Coast League: Sugar Land Space Cowboys | Shop
- Eastern League: Hartford Yard Goats | Shop
- Southern League: Rocket City Trash Pandas | Shop
- Texas League: Amarillo Sod Poodles | Shop
- Midwest League: West Michigan Whitecaps | Shop
- Northwest League: Hillsboro Hops | Shop
- South Atlantic League: Hub City Spartanburgers | Shop
- California League: Lake Elsinore Storm | Shop
- Carolina League: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers | Shop
- Florida State League: Daytona Tortugas | Shop
Anyone who voted in the competition could enter for a chance to win prizes that included $1,000 and $500 in NewEraCap.com gift codes, a New Era Cap Collectors Prize Pack and 2025 MLB.TV Premium subscription.
Additional prizing included a complete set of New Era 5950 caps from one MiLB team, as well as a 25 percent discount code to NewEraCap.com for all voters.